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Aixtron Provides Deposition System to EPFL for 2D Materials Research
Sep 27, 2017Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that Switzerland’s école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has purchased a BM NOVO system. The versatile tool, which can produce ...
Tags: 2D Materials, Deposition System
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III-V Lab Spin-off Almae Takes Over Marcoussis Facilities
Jul 12, 2016With the re-grouping of teams from III-V Lab (the joint Alcatel-Lucent, Thales and CEA-Leti industrial research laboratory), Almae Technologies SAS is taking over III-V Lab's facilities at Marcoussis, which is sited on the Plateau de Saclay ...
Tags: CEA-Leti, III-V Lab, laser components
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ORNL-Led Group Grows Aligned Monolayers of Lattice-Mismatched Semiconductors
Apr 21, 2016Led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a group of researchers has synthesized a stack of atomically thin monolayers of two lattice-mismatched semiconductors (Xufan Li et al, 'Two-dimensional GaSe/MoSe2 ...
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IBM Is Investing $3bn Over The Next 5 Years to Push The Limits of Chip Technology
Aug 20, 2014IBM is investing $3bn over the next 5 years in two broad research and early-stage development programs to push the limits of chip technology needed to meet the emerging demands of cloud computing and ‘big data’ systems. The ...
Tags: IBM, Big-Data Systems
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Provids Insight That Could Lead to Better Superconductors
Feb 8, 2014Nearly 30 years after the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, many questions remain, but an Oak Ridge National Laboratory team is providing insight that could lead to better superconductors. Their work, published in Physical ...
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Nanotechnology Is a Thriving Science
Feb 8, 2014Nanotechnology is a thriving science. Parts for computers for example are becoming smaller and more precise by the minute. One of the most efficient computers would be the so-called quantum computer. Up to now, its existence has been merely ...
Tags: LED, LCD-display, STM, ZnO
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Experimentalists Seek for Strong Structural Materials Established
Feb 8, 2014Experimentalists searching for strong structural materials have established that nanocrystalline metals, which have average grain sizes smaller than 100 nanometers, are stronger, harder and more resistant to fatigue than coarser-grained ...
Tags: A*STAR, atomic scale, low strains, molecular dynamics simulations
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Hydrogen Holds Great Promise as an Energy Source
Jan 22, 2014Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that a one-atom thick film of molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) may work as an effective catalyst for creating hydrogen. The work opens a new door for the production of cheap hydrogen. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Instruments, Meters
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AFM Will Soon Be Augmented with a Chemical Sensor
Jan 15, 2014The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), which uses a fine-tipped probe to scan surfaces at the atomic scale, will soon be augmented with a chemical sensor. This involves the use of a hollow AFM cantilever, through which a liquid - in this case ...
Tags: Chemical Sensor, Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Sensor
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Computer Simulations Revealed How The Electrical Conductivity of Many Materials Increases
Aug 13, 2013Computer simulations have revealed how the electrical conductivity of many materials increases with a strong electrical field in a universal way. This development could have significant implications for practical systems in ...
Tags: Electrical Conductivity
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Lab-Grown Crystals,LEDs,LEDs Are Extremely Efficient
May 29, 2013LEDs are extremely efficient, and when it comes to single colors such as red or green commonly used in traffic lights or toys, they can’t be beat. But those aren’t the colors we want to light up our homes and offices. Our eyes ...
Tags: Lab-Grown Crystals, LEDs
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a Contentious Controversy Surrounds The High Intensity of InGaN LEDs
May 28, 2013A contentious controversy surrounds the high intensity of indium gallium nitride (InGaN) LEDs, with experts split on whether or not indium-rich clusters within the material provide their remarkable efficiency. Now, researchers from the ...
Tags: InGaN LEDs, Electronics
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X-ray Could Be Used in Warm-White LED
May 24, 2013Light-emitting diodes, better known as LEDs, offer substantial energy savings over incandescent and fluorescent lights and are easily produced in single colors such as red or green commonly used in traffic lights or children's toys. ...
Tags: Tiny Crystals, LED Lights
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Reduced The Ingan Samples to a Thickness of Just 20 Nanometers to Prepare Them
May 24, 2013Kim Kisslinger, seen here with a focused-ion beam instrument, reduced the InGaN samples to a thickness of just 20 nanometers to prepare them for electron microscopy. From the high-resolution glow of flat screen televisions to light bulbs ...
Tags: Atomic-Scale, LED
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NCSU Have Developed a New Technique for Creating High-Quality Semiconductor Thin Films
May 22, 2013Funded by the US Army Research Office, researchers at North Carolina State University ( at the atomic scale (just one atom thick). The technique can be used to create the thin films on a large scale, sufficient to coat wafers that are ...
Tags: NCSU, Atomic-Layer Thin-Film
